Ackermans, Villers's and Hays on Top of Independence Pass on the ralley.
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| Map of day one, from Leadville, lunch at Redstone, visit to Marble and ending in Paonia. |
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| First "pause" was at Twin Lakes for a view of the mountains and lakes. |
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| The line of cars at Twin Lakes on the first of the many gravel roads. |
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| We made it to the top of Independence Pass, enjoyed the various views and looked unsuccessfully for a rest room. |
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| It took Robby a little longer to make the grade as he had the first of several vapor locks (he was not alone). |
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| On the road behind Sheri Johnson and John Jacobson, we headed down from Independence pass. |
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| We drove through Aspen and on to Redstone for Lunch at a Swiss Chalet Hotel in this small arts and crafts town. |
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| With lunch was the awards for the "rally" results. The "Back Roads" Tour began
as several headed for the airport. |
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| We had to have a photo shoot of the cars in the driveway before leaving. |
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| Next stop was Marble, where we found an encampment of marble carvers. |
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| Our tour guide explained that carvers came for one or more nine day sessions of carving marble in the woods |
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| The wires went everywhere from this one electrical box. What would OSHA say if they inspected? |
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| There were about 60 carvers from all over the world working in the heat. |
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| Here is a large marble carving being made in the woods. We didn't see how they moved the heavy
stones |
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| We were told that we could visit the quarry. Just a "mile" up a gravel road and a short hike. |
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| Five miles up a STEEP road and another mile on a nice trail, the climb began. |
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| Over the "reject" marble an a difficult hike up the hill, we found the quarry. |
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| Inside was a very deep pit. The active shaft was a horizontal cut to the left. |
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| The quarry provides pure white marble used in Washington DC monuments. |
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| We had to have a "picture at the top" to record our accomplishments. |
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| The final drive was over another pass and down into a valley to Paonia and dinner at a chinese restaurant. |
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